材 (cái): meaning and stroke order
材 (cái) means material, timber, ability, aptitude, a capable individual, coffin (old).
材
- Simplified
- 材
- Traditional
- 材 (same form)
- Pinyin
- cái
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Stroke order of 材
材
- cái material; timber
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 材
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cái
- material
- timber
- ability
- aptitude
- a capable individual
- coffin (old)
Radical and structure
- 材
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · 木 on the left, 才 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 材
- 材料 cái liào (raw) material; data
- 身材 shēn cái stature; build (height and weight)
- 原材料 yuán cái liào raw and semifinished materials
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).